Off in the weeds, but I’m a ML guy & that’s a sweet Encore pro hunter!I like it. Mine
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Off in the weeds, but I’m a ML guy & that’s a sweet Encore pro hunter!I like it. Mine
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A couple years back I set to building out a Thompson Center Pro Hunter 20ga for turkeys. I couldn't find the red dot I wanted in stock before season started so I ended up buying a Truglo shotgun scope to get me through the season. I ended up really liking it and it's been very reliable and is also quite inexpensive.
I think this will be my 4th year with the same setup, and I've crushed a bunch of turkeys with it. Indian Creek/Haymaker choke. I shoot Federal TSS 7s. Deadly.
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My Turkey setup as well, blue pro hunter, black stock. ( not nearly as stealthy as that one) but it’s light & deadly, haven’t needed a follow up shot n a long time.I’ve really enjoyed my TC 20 gauge.
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I use a bow for turkey hunting been at it for years. It's the only way I like to hunt them.
I use a blind smoetimes and smoetimes I don't.In a blind or out in open?. I chased them for a while with bow but got tired of having them in range and not being able to get drawn on them. I’ve killed one out of a blind with bow but that’s just not my preferred way to hunt them. Of course every time one is strutting in my decoys and turns away from me I wish I had my bow.
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I use a bow for turkey hunting been at it for years. It's the only way I like to hunt them.
Can't even use the mini.
MY 2cents. use your beads. getting a red dot perfect with TSS gets really pricey! if you can find Longbeard XR 3in #6 make the switch. its so close in performance and $20 for 10 shells. You can sight that dot in without breaking the bank and be good to 50yds all day. carlsons makes a xr choke thats .660 so the waterfowl choke should give you a little wider spread but i dont like shooting past 40 anyway. inside 20 with a really tight choke can be a miss if youre not dead on.Every year I say I'm going turkey hunting. I never do.
Well, this year I'm 2 boxes of TSS, a turkey choke, and a push-botton call deep in it so I'm definitely going hunting! I just went and blew $40 on shooting 5 rounds of TSS at paper and this is what I learned.
The Carlson's .640 TSS Turkey choke is a little tight for my liking out of a 28" Mossy 500 12 gauge with #9 TSS. I really preferred my Carlsons .700 Long Range Delta Waterfowl choke. It put like 90 pellets in an 8" circle at 50 yards vs 50 for the tighter tube.
But...
The TSS choke was also patterning fairly low and a bit right. I patterned for waterfowl last year and #4 steel seemed to do fine. POA and POI were about perfect. I'm not sure if it's the choke, or the difference between me pointing the gun and aiming it. So...
What are y'all's thoughts on springing for a red dot scope? I'd probably just mount and sight it in for turkeys, and then go back to a single, largeish fiber optic bead for waterfowl. Or should I just figure since I'm patterning low to aim right at his eyeball and pepper his neck area?
I'm not against spending the money on the optics and more TSS to get this right. I'm not spending any other money on turkey gear this year with the exception of gas money to drive to some good spots. I just wanna make sure when I stumble across one I can smack 'em good.
What says the hive mind?
never even thought of that. my red dot looks like an amoeba. i feel your painanyone with an astigmatism with a red dot had success with a green dot?
MY 2cents. use your beads. getting a red dot perfect with TSS gets really pricey! if you can find Longbeard XR 3in #6 make the switch. its so close in performance and $20 for 10 shells. You can sight that dot in without breaking the bank and be good to 50yds all day. carlsons makes a xr choke thats .660 so the waterfowl choke should give you a little wider spread but i dont like shooting past 40 anyway. inside 20 with a really tight choke can be a miss if youre not dead on.
^THIS! My attitude is that I spend all this money on camo, gas, tags, etc. and time to just get a shot at a limited number of turkeys each spring; why would I reduce my chances of capitalizing in those moments just to save a few bucks on shells?? The odds of you killing more turkeys because you bought First Lite camo instead of RedHead camo from Bass Pro/Cabela's are pretty low, and that's way more expensive than spending a few extra bucks per shell, which actually can meaningfully increase your chances of harvesting a longbeard. Easy decision in my mind.TSS is cheaper than an arrow and a broadhead, and I shoot fewer shotgun shells by far compared to arrows. If only I shot enough turkeys to be concerned about the cost of each trigger pull...
never even thought of that. my red dot looks like an amoeba. i feel your pain
Holographic site might work for you, or prism site.
Any shot you've got a box or two of 2 3/4 12 gauge you wanna part with? PM meIn case your are wondering why TSS is harder to find and more expensive, I may know someone that buys a little more than most. These are just the ones I've bought in the past couple of weeks, and have many more in storage (this is just my 20ga, have even more 12's)! That's about $350 on the table there, including shipping on a few of them. The answer to how many shells do you need is all of them.
I've never shot TSS just because I have a stockpile of Longbeard XR i've used over the years. Is it the pattern or the fact that you can reach out 50yds and beyond OR both that makes it so desirable?^THIS! My attitude is that I spend all this money on camo, gas, tags, etc. and time to just get a shot at a limited number of turkeys each spring; why would I reduce my chances of capitalizing in those moments just to save a few bucks on shells?? The odds of you killing more turkeys because you bought First Lite camo instead of RedHead camo from Bass Pro/Cabela's are pretty low, and that's way more expensive than spending a few extra bucks per shell, which actually can meaningfully increase your chances of harvesting a longbeard. Easy decision in my mind.